[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Mainstreaming

From: "Lorana Chanicut" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx>

To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:12:13 -0700

When I was a kid, the school district I went to received the blind kids from
several cities around us. I seem to think there ere eight of us, but I only
remember seven names. That was many moons ago, though, so maybe I'm heading
for senility at 38?

And I've been around a little. I proofread two books and submitted them,
but mostly I'm a shameless downloader of my quota every month. I may never
read all those books, but my Braille Lite, my SanDisk card and I are
prepared for reading wherever we are.

-No forgiveness necessary. It's always interesting, at
least to me, to learn the different experiences people
have growing up and how the schools treat children
with different disabilities.

It sounds as if you had quite a few blind children in
the schools you attended. When I brought up
mainstreaming initially, I was thinking of those with
mental disabilities, which is what we had in the
middle school where I worked. Putting them in regular
classes despite their readiness, or lack thereof,
seemed to me a dis-service. We did have a couple of
deaf students, and some physically disabled, who were
mainstreamed and, because their mentail faculties were
not impaired, did well. We didn't have any blind
students in any of the schools my children attended.
I'm not sure way--just coincidence I suppose.

> Hello E,
>
> That sounds like what was in place in the Royal
Oak school system in
> Michigan. WE started going to regular classes on
about a 50 50 basis in
> the
> fourth grade. Music, science and social studies.
IN the 7th grade I had a
> assistant that helped with tests and other special
needs that came in a
> couple of times a week. I did go to a local high
school which looking back
> did make a big difference over the years.
>
> I do have to give my parents credit though.
Someone from the gDSB told
> them
> to treat me like the rest of the kids and they
believed it. I lost my
> sight
> in the second grade so as I got older and friends
from school would stay
> over I remember my mom telling me... They seem so
blind compared to you. I
> really can't remember a time when they held me
back from doing something.
> When I was 16 and wanted to get a summer job at
the pickle factory near
> the
> cottage my Mom even applied for a job with me to
make it work. We never
> did
> get me in but that was the attitude they had.
>
> Oh Yeah, I got the belt when I messed up too just
like the rest of the
> kids:)
>
> Katie Hill
> The Reconnection & reiki Healing
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> I participated in what I consider a good mix. I
went to classes with
> sighted kids most of the time but had a class a
day where the blind kids
> were all in one room learning braille, working on
spelling and particular
> things useful and different in teaching for blind
compared with sighted
> children. This was in grades one through four. I
went to regular main
> streamed high school and had a teacher come in one
hour a day to help
> out. The combination gave me the assistance I
needed, taught me to be
> independent and find needed resources (like how to
hire readers for
> college
> and get books) and be mainstreamed. I know my
parents worked closely with
> the school system to make this possible.
Considering we moved about ever
> two or three years this meant several school
systems. They did a terrific
> job. I attribute much of my later success to this
careful early planning
> and dedication on their part.
>
> E.
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